generalflirt | ~♥TWENTY-NINE♥~

[Masaomi has been dreadfully ill since, well... since about Nagisa's party and going to look for a starfish the night before. Since then, well... he passed out there, barely made it home, and had been nursed ever since. He was slightly delirious though all this, and he relied on Saki to get him through things while working on autopilot. He wasn't able to really move much himself until about the 29th or so. After that you might have seen him going in and out of the kitchen. But had he not seen Saki as much somehow...?

This pattern lasts until he wakes up about three PM on the 3rd. He's finally feeling better, and is able to pick up the journal, flip through things, and then go check on Saki and... she's not there. He searches the apartment, is it just him or is it more empty. Finally, he goes to make a filtered message to her to see if she's around...

And. She's not. The filter breaks.

She's gone.

Gone.

He got back his cell phone a while ago - he hasn't opened it, really, but after Fray gave it back to him the only thing he used it for was that thing with the texts and "Tanaka Taro." But. He flips it open to see Saki's picture in there. His grip tightens. They never even talked and she's gone.. completely gone. He begins to shake. The rage lasts a while and he tries to calm down enough to make a little post saying she's gone. and finally... two hours later, he thinks he is]

[Voice]

Everyone. Ah, I - I... [...No, he can't do it. He can't be calm]

Son of bitch! No! [And then he throws the cell phone clean across the room. It hits the wall with a loud sound - it's not broke, not quite, but the battery pops out of the back and the screen cracks. But who cares. Now, now? His voice is pained beyond anything people have heard in Luceti since about when Mikado was sent home, but this pain is different - Mikado's was cold fury, this one is erratic fury and sorrow and... well yeah]

Why now?! [Voice break] Why- dammit, [He grits his teeth] Dammit!

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It's better than the alternative, at least. [Going back home to be dead. Or to die. Or become a moon spirit.]

What's that, bad? [Good place, bad place... what's that matter, they're gone. Could he mean something else? Hm]

I mean, your friend is still alive. I know it's not much of a consolation, but... it's something. That's all.

[...Alive? Alive? So... people can be dead here? He thinks a moment, and when he replies his voice is still expressionless but now distant as well]

Are you dead, Sokka?

[You know, this would be a pretty horrible thing to screw with someone. But no. He's not that bad.]

... no, I'm not dead.

What about Katara? Toph-chan? Ah, maybe Yue was?

[... Yue. He winces at that. And for a moment almost gets angry. But. He lets it go.]

You don't need to worry about that.

Why not? [And pause, and then his tone becomes more focused again] Ah, no, I guess Toph-chan and Yue aren't my business

[That's. Better.]

I'm from Katara's future. She's fine.

[Another pause. He's actually... surprised, how much a reassurance of a fact he he knew was true five minutes ago makes him happier. Not happy enough to break his mood or his his temper right now, but enough to force a smile]

Ah, that's good.

[Yeah. He picks up on that a bit. Funny to think he's actually that attached to Katara...]

... so, who was it?

Saki. [...The name has a lot of weight in it. He looks down at the broken phone in the corner of the room, but then shakes his head, looking back at the book]

Saki Mikajima, that is.

Close friend?

...Ah you-

[Oh fuck it]

Ex-girlfriend.

... Oh. [... wow. Now he's really thinking about Yue.] That's not easy. I know.

[He does? Masaomi blinks. Did Katara ever mention... he has to think back, actually. By process of elimination it's more obvious, he thinks, but]

Thanks?

Uh. Don't mention it. [Helpful words of helpfulness. What are they.] Anyway. You'll be fine. [Kind of to himself a bit too. Because Kida's a big kid. And people going home is a fact of life in Luceti.]

Ah, of course. This is a natural thing here.

Yeah, unfortunately. It's just... how things work.

And we don't have power.

Not the kind that matters.

Mm, yeah.

... anyway. Just. Don't do anything crazy, okay? Take care of yourself. [Cuz he is almost sort of concerned for you! For Katara's sake.]

You're concerned, Sokka?

For others. Let's not get carried away.

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